Sentence examples for failing or failed from inspiring English sources

Almost all of these stories concern, in one way or another, failing or failed relationships.

First, one of the most obvious problems of the 21st century are failing or failed states.

Just as Isidore was a model for Miller's failing or failed men, his more interesting female characters are often a variation on Augusta.

"One of the 21st century's major challenges to freedom of religion or belief [is] the actions of non-state actors in failing or failed states," said USCIRF's 2015 annual report.

Beyond that, all across the NATO periphery east, southeast, and across the Mediterranean due south you have a set of weak, failing, or failed states which further the instability for Europe.

Congress has been debating legislation to fix the private system, but it has been unable to resolve a basic tension: anything it does to ease the burden on failing or failed pension plans lessens the penalty for failure and enhances moral hazard.

For every big winner (Foursquare) and even the moderate hits (Gowalla, SCVNGR, etc), there are dozens of others that failed, are failing, or will fail.

"I took over a number of companies that were in the process of failing or had failed," he said.

This is why superhero movies and comics are often set in situations where democratic politics is failing or has failed.

However, some students may sense that if they don't understand something immediately they are failing or being failed by their tutors.

Until racing starts to embrace exciting, modern ways to make that connection, it will remain confused about whether it is failing or being failed.